First-Year German
Overview
In the first-year Gerlang program, students learn German through a rigorous interactive and participatory daily program for the 10-week length of each quarter. In this way students acquire functional and appropriate skills to successfully use their German in a broad array of social, professional and cultural contexts.
Program objectives revolve around three key axes:
Interpersonal
Interacting with others in order to:
- ask and answer questions
- express likes and dislikes
- exchange opinions
- talk about people, places, experiences, and events
Interpretive
Understanding German in:
- Social interactions that students themselves can engage in
- Readings
- television, radio, audio internet and oral presentations
Presentational
Using academic/ upper registry language in:
- giving rehearsed oral presentations with limited reliance on notes
- writing essays of up to 3 pages or extended internet posts
- asking/responding to questions during formal presentations
NOTE: Explicit explanations of these objectives pertaining to each of the three first-year courses can be referenced in the proficiency objectives and curricular documents.
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